Job - Chapter 36 | Good News Translation

  • 1. Be patient and listen a little longer to what I am saying on God's behalf.
  • 2. {cf15I (SEE 36:1)}
  • 3. My knowledge is wide; I will use what I know to show that God, my Creator, is just.
  • 4. Nothing I say to you is false; you see before you a truly wise man.
  • 5. How strong God is! He despises no one; there is nothing he doesn't understand.
  • 6. He does not let sinners live on, and he always treats the poor with justice.
  • 7. He protects those who are righteous; he allows them to rule like kings and lets them be honored forever.
  • 8. But if people are bound in chains, suffering for what they have done,
  • 9. God shows them their sins and their pride.
  • 10. He makes them listen to his warning to turn away from evil.
  • 11. If they obey God and serve him, they live out their lives in peace and prosperity.
  • 12. But if not, they will die in ignorance and cross the stream into the world of the dead.
  • 13. Those who are godless keep on being angry, and even when punished, they don't pray for help.
  • 14. They die while they are still young, worn out by a life of disgrace.
  • 15. But God teaches people through suffering and uses distress to open their eyes.
  • 16. God brought you out of trouble, and let you enjoy security; your table was piled high with food.
  • 17. But now you are being punished as you deserve.
  • 18. Be careful not to let bribes deceive you, or riches lead you astray.
  • 19. It will do you no good to cry out for help; all your strength can't help you now.
  • 20. Don't wish for night to come, the time when nations will perish.
  • 21. Be careful not to turn to evil; your suffering was sent to keep you from it.
  • 22. Remember how great is God's power; he is the greatest teacher of all.
  • 23. No one can tell God what to do or accuse him of doing evil.
  • 24. He has always been praised for what he does; you also must praise him.
  • 25. Everyone has seen what he has done; but we can only watch from a distance.
  • 26. We cannot fully know his greatness or count the number of his years.
  • 27. It is God who takes water from the earth and turns it into drops of rain.
  • 28. He lets the rain pour from the clouds in showers for all human beings.
  • 29. No one knows how the clouds move or how the thunder roars through the sky, where God dwells.
  • 30. He sends lightning through all the sky, but the depths of the sea remain dark.
  • 31. This is how he feeds the people and provides an abundance of food.
  • 32. He seizes the lightning with his hands and commands it to hit the mark.
  • 33. Thunder announces the approaching storm, and the cattle know it is coming.
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